Behind "runaways" Film, Legal Battle Simmers.Times of Oman (Muscat, Oman) - March 20, 2010...five good reasons to acquire life-story rights, but needing them to make a movie isn t one of them," says DavidHalberstadter, a rights expert at Los Angeles law firm Katten. Halberstadter says First Amendment protections are generally...

Judge May Allow 'hurt Locker' Lawsuit to ContinueAP Worldstream - August 8, 2011...filmmakers in the future," said Jeremiah Reynolds, an attorney for Bigelow and Boal.Summit Entertainment attorney DavidHalberstadter said most of the similarities between Sarver and the film's protagonist played by Jeremy Renner were elements...